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SCHWEINFURT , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, situated on the right See also:bank of the See also:Main, which is here spanned by several See also:bridges, 27 M. N.E. of See also:Wurzburg by See also:rail, and at the junction of lines to See also:Kissingen, See also:Bamberg and Gemunden. Pop. (1905) 18,416. The See also:Renaissance town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall in the spacious See also:market-See also:place See also:dates from 1570; it contains a library and a collection of antiquities. St See also:John's See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church is a See also:Gothic edifice with a lofty See also:tower; St Salvator's was built about 1720. Schweinfurt is well furnished with benevolent and educational institutions, including a gymnasium originally founded by Gustavus See also:Adolphus in 1631, and rebuilt in 1881. The See also:chief manufacture is paint (" Schweinfurt See also:green " is a well-known See also:brand in Germany), introduced in 1809; but See also:beer, See also:sugar, machinery, See also:soap and other drysalteries, See also:straw-See also:paper and See also:vinegar are also produced. See also:Cotton-See also:spinning and See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell-See also:founding are carried on, and the Main supplies See also:water-See also:power for numerous saw, See also:flour and other See also:mills. Schweinfurt carries on an active See also:trade in the See also:grain, See also:fruit and See also:wine produced in its neighbourhood, and it is the seat of an important See also:sheep and See also:cattle market. A See also:monument was erected in 1900 to See also:Friedrich See also:Ruckert the poet (1788-1866).
Schweinfurt is mentioned in 790, and in the loth See also:century was the seat of a See also:margrave. It See also:fell later to the See also:counts of Henneberg; but, receiving civic rights in the 13th century, it maintained its See also:independence as a See also:free imperial See also:city with few interruptions until 1803, when it passed to Bavaria. Assigned to the See also:grand See also:duke of Wurzburg in 1810, it was restored to Bavaria in 1814. In the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War it was occupied by Gustavus Adolphus, who erected fortifications, remains of which are still extant.
See See also:Beck, Chronik ,der Stadt Schweinfurt (2 vols., Schweinfurt, 1836—1841) ; and See also:Stein, Geschichte der See also:Reichstadt Schweinfurt (2 vols., Schweinfurt, 190o).
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